ATTENTION
- GIVE AWAY !!! I was asked by a friend to
give away this nice starter Civil War Bullet
collection to a deserving young collector.
If you are 14 years old or younger and are
really interested in Civil War history -
please send me a letter as to why you would
like to have this collection, and in a
couple weeks we are going to have a drawing
from all the names of young folks that sent
me a letter wanting this collection.
We will show pictures of the drawing and
post the WINNER on the page here !!!
GOOD LUCK !!! SEND LETTER TO:
Larry Hicklen -- 3511 Old Nashville Hwy. -
Murfreesboro, TN. -- 37129

Extra
nice display of four excavated, rare,
Confederate projectiles. These were
all recovered by Wayne Tucker from
Confederate camps in Georgia, Alabama, and
Tennessee. The group consists of 1) a
beautiful dropped .69 cal. Italian Carcano,
2) a .45 cal. dish base Confederate
Whitworth projectile, 3) a .58 "blob-top"
field molded Confederate Minie, and 4) a .69
cal. Confederate Belgian Minie.--$295. for
the entire group.

Here
is one that you definitely will not see
everyday. This is a carved alligator
head, carved from a Minie Ball. This
bullet was recovered by one of my relic
hunting buddies, Wayne Tucker, from a
Confederate camp located near Mobile,
Alabama, about as far south as you can be
without being in the Gulf of Mexico. I
expect during the Civil War Era that there
were plenty of alligators in that region to
serve as models to work from.--$95.SOLD

Very
interesting display of ten "chewed" bullets
recovered from hospital sites here at Stones
River. Many times bullets have been
chewed by animals, but most who have seen
these agree that they appear to be human
teeth marks. Wounded soldiers in
extreme pain were sometimes given a bullet
to bite down on - thus the term - "bite the
bullet". This is a fantastic
show-and-tell type display and a great
bargain at only $7.50 per bullet (and in a
free display case).--$75.SOLD

Pair
of excavated, extremely rare, Civil War
Confederate bullets recovered from a
Confederate camp site on private property
near the Battle of Shiloh. One of the
bullets is a dropped, .69 cal., English
Towers projectile, and the second bullet is
a rare, high-base, triangle cavity, .69
cal., French Dragoon projectile. Both
these projectiles are early war types very
rarely recovered.--$85.SOLD

Beautiful
collection of carved and whittled
projectiles recovered by my old hunting
buddy, Wayne Tucker, from Confederate camps
on private property in and around Mobile,
Alabama. There are a total of 54
projectiles nicely displayed in a glass face
walnut display case. There are
hundreds of hours of hard relic hunting
represented in this display case.--$250.

Extremely
rare to recover set of collided .69 cal.
3-ring Minie balls. These were not
only found at the Battle of Stones River but
were recovered actually "IN" Stones River.
Both bullets can be distinctly made
out.--$95.SOLD

Excellent
condition, non-excavated, somewhat rare,
long pattern, 12mm French pinfire cartridge.
This will be perfect to display with your
12mm French pinfire revolver. It also
has a Paris basemark.--$35.SOLD

Very
nice, glass cased set of excavated
cartridges from the Battle of Hoovers Gap,
Tennessee. The cartridges include a
.52 cal. complete Spencer cartridge
recovered from the position of Wilder's
Lightning Brigade, and a complete 12mm
French pinfire revolver cartridge recovered
from the Confederate Army of Tennessee
battle line. This is an excellent
Hoovers Gap, US/CS cartridge display.--$75
for both.SOLD

Very
attractive display containing two (2) Civil
War cartridges. One is a .52 cal.
Spencer cartridge that was recovered from
Wilder's Lightening Brigade position at
Hoover's Gap, TN. and the second is a .54
cal. Burnside from the 1864 Battle of
Nashville, TN. Both cartridges are
strong and stable, but each are dented some,
but do have one good display side.--$48. FOR
BOTH-SOLD

Excellent
condition, non-excavated, .54 cal., Burnside
carbine cartridge. This would be an
excellent compliment to display with your
Civil War Burnside carbine.--$65.-SOLD

Excavated
bullets in heartwood pine knots. These
bullets were recovered on private property
at the Battle of Chickamauga. One of
the bullets appears to be 3-ring Minie Ball
and one looks to be a Confederate, .69 cal.
musket ball.--$50. for both.

Excavated
Minie Ball in a walnut size knot of wood.
This bullet in wood was recovered on private
property near Chickamauga, Georgia.--$38.SOLD

Very
nice condition, original, .58 cal., Minie
ball in its original paper cartridge.
This cartridge was actually still inside a
Civil War cartridge box that I purchased at
an estate sale. It remains very stable
and will display beautifully with your
original .58 cal. Civil War rifled
musket.--$125.SOLD

Very
nice condition, .54 cal., complete Burnside
carbine cartridge. This cartridge was
recovered literally out of Stones River
about 30 years ago. The brass still
looks as it did when issued, because being
under water the entire time protected the
cartridge from oxidizing and decay.
This will be an excellent compliment to
display with your Burnside carbine.--$65.-SOLD

Nice
condition excavated .52 cal. complete
Spencer cartridge. This cartridge was
recovered from private property in Hoovers
Gap where Wilders Lightning Brigade is
famous for the use of their Spencer
repeating rifles at this engagement.--$38.

Small
display case containing three rather rare
dropped Confederate projectiles. One
is a nice dropped .58 cal. Confederate "blob
top" field molded 3-ring minie, and second
is a scarce dropped HI-BASE Confederate
3-ring minie - and the third is a crude
variant dropped Ringtail Sharps carbine.
All three were recovered from Confederate
1863 winter camps here in Middle
Tennessee.--$75. for all

Excavated
pair of rare style .69 cal. Prussian
bullets. One of the bullets is the
standard, 2-ring, .69 cal. Prussian minie,
and the second bullet is a very rare
"no-ring" Prussian cast in a wooden mold,
and you can still see wood grain in the
lead.--$48 for both

Excavated,
perfect drop, .50 cal., Greene projectile
for the Greene Confederate used sniper
rifle. This bullet was recovered from
the Brentwood Hills at the Battle of
Nashville where Whitworth, .45 cal, sniper
projectiles were also recovered.--$35.

Excavated
pair of, excellent condition, Confederate
field mold "blob top"minies. These two
excellent examples were recovered from Army
of Tennessee 1862 - 1863 winter camps along
Duck River near Shelbyville, Tennessee.
Both bullets are displayed in a glass
display case.--$45 for both.

Excellent
condition, non-excavated, original .50 cal.
Maynard Carbine cartridge. This will
be a very nice compliment to display with
your pretty Maynard Carbine.--$48.

Very
nice condition, .58 cal., Minie ball in
original brown paper wrapper. This
cartridge remains quite stable and was
inside a cartridge box from an estate we
recently purchased.--$125.

Everything
that you would ever need for live black
powder shooting. This gentleman who
recently passed away was an avid black
powder shooter and participated in many
North/South Skirmish Association shooting
events. This group of material
consists of a very heavy, well constructed,
wooden box that will contain everything.
There are two high quality brass bullet
molds, both with cone cavity inserts for
molding bullets. There are at least
100 or more bullets already molded, and
black powder is in the box for them.
The wooden box has a lift-out tray that will
hold 63 cartridges that are ready for
firing. There is also 35 pounds of
soft Civil War lead (from melting down fired
Minie balls that he recovered) ready to be
molded into bullets. Inside the large
wooden box are also targets and patches and
other related items to black powder
shooting. I am not going to be able to
ship this, but the first guy with a $100
bill at the door gets to load it!!!

Recently
recovered from here at the Battle of Stones
River, .69 cal., triangle base, French
Minnie. This rare bullet has one nice
display side and is scarred on the other.
It was recovered from a site here at Stones
River that is located only a few hundred
yards from the famous "Slaughter Pen".
This site is now completely destroyed and
has a mental hospital located there. I
already have my room reserved.--$20.

Beautiful
condition, excavated, gilted, Confederate
used, floral button, and also an intricately
carved, .69 cal. musket ball. Both
these nice artifacts were recovered from the
1863 winter camp of the 8th Texas Cavalry
located near Unionville, Tennessee.
Both artifacts are presented in a glass
display case.--$75 for both.

Beautiful
condition, non-excavated pair of .69 cal.
bullet worms. One of the worms is a
long pattern, and the other a short pattern.
This display will make a wonderful
compliment to display with your .69 cal.
percussion muskets.--$95 for both worms.

Small
cased display containing five chewed musket
balls. These balls were all recovered
from the Confederate line on private
property here at Stones River. All
five balls have been chewed and on close
examination, four of the five appear to have
human teeth marks. There has through
the ages been a folklore tale of soldiers
biting down on a bullet for pain while
medical procedures on the field were being
performed. This is the origin of the
term, "bite the bullet".--$45 for the entire
case.

Extremely
rare to find, original, complete .45 cal.
Ringtail Sharps cartridge. I have
never seen one of these projectiles
recovered anywhere except from Confederate
Cavalry camps. This is a cartridge
that you will rarely get a chance to
own.--$250.

Quite
rare to find and original paper wrapped, .69
caliber conical Minnie cartridge. We
have the cartridge displayed in a small
glass display case with an excavated .69
cal. conical Minnie ball displayed
alongside.--$150.

Complete
excavated set of ammunition for a .69 cal.
Civil War musket. This group includes
a .69 cal. buck and ball, a .69 cal. 3-ring
Minie ball, and a .69 cal. musket ball.
These projectiles were all recovered from
private property along the Confederate
battle line here at Stones River. This
would be an excellent set to display with
your .69 cal. Civil War musket.--$38.

Original
.58 cal. minie ball in original paper wrap.
I recently purchased a Confederate .58 cal.
cartridge box and a couple of these were
still inside. I am unsure if it is
U.S. or C.S. production. It will
certainly be an excellent addition to
someone's collection, and would be very nice
displayed as a compliment to your Civil War
.58 cal. musket.--$125.SOLD

Display
of 4 excavated purely Confederate artifacts
recovered from the 1863 winter camp of the
2nd Tennessee Infantry - C.S.A. -
located on private property near Tullahoma,
TN. The display consists of a coat
size Confederate floral button - a purely
Confederate lead Cartridge Box finial - a
blob top Confederate nose pour Minie - and a
.58 cal. "Richmond Lab." Gardner -
all displayed in a glass display case.--$75.
for all

Very
rare to recover, nice drop, .69 cal.,
two-ring musketoon projectile. This
rare bullet was recovered years ago from a
Confederate camp near Triune, Tennessee.
Interestingly, this is one of the very few
sites in our area where this projectile has
been recovered.--$79.

Very
nice, 8" x 12" display containing three
complete sets of Confederate .69 cal. buck
and ball. These projectiles were
recovered on private property from the
Confederate battle line here at Stones River
and are displayed with a diagram and
complete history of buck and ball
ammunition.--$50 for all.

Original
.54, paper wrap round ball cartridge.
This would be an excellent compliment to
display with your Model 1816 or Model 1842
horse pistol.--$85.

Dropped
.69 cal. Confederate Belgium minie recovered
from the Confederate battle line here at
Stones River by Arnold Alexander. It
has never even been washed and Arnold dug it
off his own farm located here at Stones
River.--$38.

Excellent
condition, excavated, creamy white, dropped,
5-point, "Swaged Base" .58 cal. 3-ring
Minie. The swage marks in the base of
the Minie are actually from the lathe chuck
that held the bullet in place while the
three rings were cut in rather than molded
in. This is a beautiful example.--$18.

Excellent
condition, excavated, .577 cal., Enfield
bullet with a crisp, "57" base marking with
the original boxwood plug in place in the
base (and as you can see, the boxwood plug
can be removed).--$25.

Very
nice condition, excavated, dropped, .69
cal., 2-ring Prussian projectile. This
was recovered from an Ohio Infantry camp
here at Murfreesboro occupied in 1863
following the Battle of Stones River.--$35.

Group
of three excavated, Confederate CS Gardner
projectiles. The group consists of a
dropped excellent .54 cal. Gardner, a nice
dropped .58 cal. Gardner, and a .69 cal.
Gardner that has one nice display side and a
damaged skirt on the reverse side.
These were recovered from General Lucius
Polk's CS 1863 Brigade Camp located near
Tullahoma, TN.--$75. for all three.-SOLD

Excavated
pair of dropped, .54 cal., German Suhl
projectiles. These projectiles were
recovered from Wharton's 8th Texas Cavalry
Camp located near Unionville, TN, occupied
during the Spring of 1863. One of the
projectiles is the standard 2-ring variety,
and the second is a seldom seen 3-ring
variation of the same bullet. Both are
nice drops.--$45. for the pair.

Very
nice condition excavated "Drop" .577 cal.
Enfield projectile with the scarce "L"
(London) base mark. This was recovered
from the Confederate Battle Line here at
Stones River a good many years ago.--$25.

Excavated
pair of .50 cal. Maynard carbine cartridges.
These were recovered from Wilson's Cavalry
position along Granny White Pike at the
Battle of Nashville. One is a flat top
variety, and one is a pointed top
variety.--$85 for the pair.

Nice
condition excavated .52 cal. complete
Spencer cartridge. This cartridge was
recovered from private property in Hoovers
Gap where Wilders Lightning Brigade is
famous for the use of their Spencer
repeating rifles at this engagement.--$38.

Two
non-excavated Civil War era externally
primed Maynard cartridges. One
is your standard .50 cal. flat top Maynard
cartridge for the very popular Civil War
Maynard carbine. The second is an
oddity and the first of it's type that I
have had. It is a non-excavated .40
cal. Model 1865 Maynard Sporting Rifle
cartridge. Some feel that a few of
these made it into the Civil War, but most
feel that they saw most of their service out
West during the buffalo hunting and Indian
Wars (1866 - 1870) era. Not a real
common cartridge as this is the first one
that I have ever had (that I recall !!)--
$95. (for both in a display)

Mint,
perfect non-excavated .44 cal. Tranter
projectile {by Deane and Adams} complete
with original leather washer on the base.
This is number "91" under the "Cartridge
Section" in the "McKee and Mason" bullet
book.--$48.

Excellent
example of a dropped, excavated, field
molded, "blob top" .58 cal. Confederate
3-ring minie. This rare bullet was
recovered from a Confederate Camp on private
property along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee.--$25.

Excavated
male phallic symbol recovered from an 1863
Confederate winter camp on private property
along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee. I was a little surprised
that this bullet did not have carved into it
"Lorena Bobbitt was here".--$75.

Excavated,
lower and middle sections of a dropped
3-piece Shaler bullet. This is the
long pattern, and all you need is the top
section to have a very rare and expensive
bullet for your collection. This
bullet was recovered on private property on
the Gettysburg Campaign.--$55.

Excavated,
dropped, .577 cal., "L" basemarked Enfield
projectile. This was recovered a
number of years ago on private property
along the Confederate battle line here at
Stones River.--$20.

Very
nice condition, excavated, drop, .36 cal.
Savage revolver projectile. This
bullet was recovered quite a number of years
ago on private property that was at one time
part of Camp Stanley located here at
Murfreesboro, TN, during the Spring of
1863.--$25.

Excavated
dropped two pieces of a quite rare "long
pattern" three piece Shaler projectile.
This is one of the rarer patterns and was
recovered on private property near
Gettysburg, PA. This is going to be a
real bargain if you are willing to go on the
search for the missing section.--$55.

Very
nice excavated "dropped" .577 cal. Enfield
projectile. This bullet has a smooth, white
patina with a raised "57" in the base
indicating pattern of 1857, and the original
boxwood plug remains intact.--$20.

Nice
excavated drop .69 cal. Confederate
"plug base" Towers bullet.
This was recovered from an 1863 Army of
Tennessee camp located along Duck River near
Shelbyville, TN.--$45.

Quite
rare excavated drop FIELD MOLD .50 cal.
Confederate Sharpshooter's bullet. The
bullet has "cold mold" lines all
over it from being field molded. It
was recovered on the Brentwood Hills at the
Battle of Nashville - mixed right in with
standard .45 cal. cylindrical Whitworth
bullets. Some say this bullet was for
a Greene Sharpshooter rifle, and others feel
that there were actually a few .50 cal.
Whitworths here. A very cool bullet in
any case.--$65.

Excavated
.50 cal. "Whitworth-like" smooth
sided projectile recovered among .45 cal.
Whitworth bullets in the Brentwood Hills at
the Battle of Nashville, TN. Many
collectors believe this to be from a
Confederate Sharp-Shooter's weapon -
possibly a Greene Rifle.--$45.

Excavated
set of 34 cal. projectiles for the 34 cal.
Dean and Adams revolver. These are
quite rare to recover and were excavated
from a Confederate camp on private property
near Corinth, MS.--$35.

Excavated
drop 2-ring .69 cal. Prussian bullet
recovered from an 1862 OHIO INF. camp
located near Decherd, TN. About 30
years ago I recovered a beautiful large oval
O.V.M. buckle in this camp.--$35.

3
carved bullets from Confederate camps
located near Franklin, TN. One appears
to be an unfinished nipple protector - one
looks like a little space ship - and one is
a whittled C. S. Gardner. All 3 are
displayed in a nice glass case.--$55. for
all

Excavated
drop .69 cal. triangle base French minie. This was recovered from
Gen. Breckenridge's Nov. - Dec. 1862 Confederate Infantry camp
that was located near Readyville, TN. and occupied just before the
Battle of Stones River.--$35.

Single
cavity cast brass "scissor type"
bullet mold for the "Country Rifle or
Picket Bullet". This is a mold to
make bullets for the rifles from home that
many Confederates left home for the Civil
War in 1861 carrying. This one looks
to be about .36 to .40 cal. We
primarily recover bullets of this type in
1861 and 1862 Confederate camps {but
recently we recovered several from a
mid-1863 Confederate camp. Excellent
condition.--$150.

Excavated
drop .69 cal. triangle base French Minie. This was recovered near
Readyville, TN. from Gen. Breckenridge's Nov. 1862 Army of Tennessee
Confederate camp there occupied just before the Battle of Stones River.
This is one of my favorite bullets to dig.--$35.

Absolutely
drop dead beautiful excavated "drop" .69 cal. Confederate used triangle
base French minie. It has a creamy, marble like white patina and was
recovered here at Stones River in the late 1960s. I don't know how
it could possibly be any nicer.--$45.

Excavated
50 cal. Maynard cartridge recovered from Granny White Gap at the 2nd days
fighting at the Battle of Nashville, TN.--$45.

Nice
condition excavated .58 cal. Confederate "Blob Top" field molded minie.
This was recovered from the Confederate battle line here at Stones
River.--$25.

Quite
scarce excavated "Long Tail" Confederate cavalry - Hall carbine
projectile. This is an excellent drop recovered from the camp of the
1st Confederate Cavalry located near the old academy at Unionville,
TN.--$65.

A
pair of excavated "double end" type balls. These are quite rare to
dig and were used in early smoothbore weapons. The small balls are
about 36 cal. or so and the large ball looks to be around 71 cal.
{definitely bigger than 69 cal.}-- Both for $48.

Quite
rare excavated drop 36 cal. Maynard carbine projectile. These are
almost always recovered from Confederate cavalry sites and is a bullet
you rarely dig.--$35.

Beautiful condition drop Confederate field nose cast 58 cal. minie.
It has a clipped nose and a "monster" mold line.--$18.

Group
of 33 freshly dug drop Union and Confederate carbine
projectiles. Some of the different type projectiles in
the group are Starr, Merrill. Sharps, Spencer, Burnside,
German Suhl, Colt Revolving Rifle, and Maynard. The
group is priced at less than $3. per bullet.--$95.

35
nice condition dug drop 58 cal. Type III Williams Cleaner
bullets. Many of these still have the zinc cleaner
washer intact. They were dug years ago by Pam and
Allen Clark along Hood's campaign from Spring Hill to the
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. I am seeing nice
Williams Cleaner bullets commonly priced at $5.-$10.
each.--$135.

69
cal. Confederate 3-buck "Buck & Ball"
projectile. I dug this "Buck & Ball"
along the Confederate retreat route out of Middle Tennessee
enroute to Chickamauga. The bucks were originally
loose packed with the ball using paper wrap. They were
loose in the hole when dug, and I have glued them in their
correct position for display.--$15.

I've
just purchased 5000 mixed excavated Civil War bullets.
Bag
of 50 mixed dropped and fired U.S. and C.S. bullets-each bag
includes a variety of different type bullets at a low cost of
$1.70 per bullet--$85. a bag.

MM
299--54 cal. German Suhl. This is a nice dropped. These were
used almost exclusively by Southern cavalry--$10.

We
have various Sharps bullets varying from 52 to 54 cal. We have
a number of variations--$10 each.

Collection of 6 completely
different Civil War bullets in a 5" x 6" display
glass case--$35.

.54
cal. Burnside carbine. We have this bullet in both MM
#119(flat based) and the MM #(dished base)--$7.50.